Adorable Underwater Creatures that Will Melt Your HeartWhen you think of what lies beneath the ocean, images of coral reefs, whales, sharks and giant octopuses usually come to mind. The ocean, however, has another side that is rarely seen – A side full of adorable little creatures that will flood your heart with feelings of glee.

Simon Cowell Pledges to Fight For Captive Whales and DolphinsOn the heels of an uproar that centered around the UK’s “Xtra Factor” shooting a segment at a dolphin show, Simon Cowell has made a pledge to further his aid for captive dolphins and whales.

New Habits of the Polar Bear: How Climate Change Changes BehaviorsThe image of a snowy-coated polar bear stranded on an island of ice has become an indelible symbol of climate change—for good reason. The bears, with a range limited to mostly inside the Arctic Circle, are on the front lines of one of Earth’s most fragile ecosystems.Rising temperatures in the Arctic—they’re accelerating at twice the speed of the rest of the planet—are leaving less of the ice the bears depend on for hunting and foraging.Between 1987 and 2004, the Western Hudson Bay population of polar bears declined by 22 percent. Why? A study in 2007 linked the decline to the sea ice breaking up earlier each spring, which shortens the time bears have to hunt on the ice.The shift to warmer weather is altering the bears’ behavior. Their struggle to adapt as quickly as their world is changing around them has made polar bears one of the species most vulnerable to a warming climate.http://www.takepart.com/photos/polar-bears-and-changing-habits-due-climate

They are the clumsiest of all birds on land, they live most of their lives underwater and form huge colonies that protect each other's babies and keep from freezing. These are the penguins, one of earth's most fascinating and weird looking animals.

A court in the Netherlands Wednesday upheld a 2011 decision to transfer Morgan, a female orca rescued in a stranding off the Dutch coast, to an entertainment park in the Canary Islands, Spain, where she will remain indefinitely.

Killer whales belong in the open ocean, not stuck living in cramped tanks performing tricks for human amusement.

More than 2,100 dolphins and whales are being held in captivity at 343 facilities in 63 countries around the world, with the highest numbers of dolphinariums located in Japan (57), China (44), the United States (34), Russia (24), and Mexico (24), according to the Born Free Foundation.

This week, a vote on a California bill that would ban orca captivity was delayed by 18 months, pending an interim study. But, if it passes, California will join a growing list of U.S. states and localities and at least 14 countries that have outlawed the captive display of orcas, dolphins, and in some cases, all wild animals.

Herewith, all the locales around the world that forbid the keeping of orcas in tanks for the amusement of paying customers.

Captain Dave Anderson of Capt. Dave's Dolphin and Whale Safari in Dana Point, California, at great personal risk, has recently filmed and edited a 5-minute video that contains some of the most beautiful, jaw-dropping, footage ever taken with a drone from the air of a huge mega-pod of thousands of common dolphins stampeding off Dana Point, California, three gray whales migrating together down the coast off San Clemente, California, and heartwarming close-ups hovering over a newborn Humpback whale calf snuggling and playing with its mom as an escort whale stands guard nearby, filmed recently in Maui.

Gorgeous Photos of The Underwater World There is a secret world underneath the ocean waves. It is incredibly large and incredibly deep. But more importantly, it is filled to to the brim with life in every color or shape imaginable, and some that are not. In this aquatic heaven, animals can hide away from the damaging human world.

Come and join me and the gang as we get the seal of approval as we visit the Farne Islands in Northumberland in October '13. We've been visiting here for the last six years to say hello to the seal pups and we've never had this much interaction before - they were everywhere and all over us.

Coral reefs are underwater structures made from calcium carbonate secreted by corals. Coral reefs are colonies of tiny animals found in marine waters that contain few nutrients. Most coral reefs are built from stony corals, which in turn consist of polyps that cluster in groups.

Inches from death, seal manages to escape Great White shark after balancing on the beast's NOSE

Photographer David Jenkins, from Dublin, witnessed the remarkable chase off the coast of Cape Town, South AfricaHe was on a tour boat when he saw the seal perform its circus trick on top of the fearsome animal